Arsenal have been offered fresh hope in their pursuit of Thomas Lemar by Monaco manager Leonardo Jardim.

He has admitted it isn’t always possible to keep your best players when clubs come knocking.

“All the players who were important last season are important to keep for the club,” Jardim explained.

“But it has been shown over the years that it's not always possible to keep the players, and you know how our project works.

“So our goal is to work well with players who will stay here after the transfer window closes.”

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“I don’t see how Arsenal, given their history and track record, turn their back on that regardless”

Shaka Hislop

Alexis Sanchez will end up at Paris St-Germain this summer, according to former West Ham goalkeeper Shaka Hislop.

He said on ESPN FC: “Given the body language that we saw from Alexis Sanchez for most of last season I don’t see how he is happy, how he is content with this situation. Again that’s one I will believe on September 1.

“It is Arsenal’s decision but let’s be honest, they’ve been down this road before with Van Persie and ultimately as much as Arsenal keep talking about how they have money in the bank… they’ve taken big offers when they’ve come in especially when the other option is to take nothing in 12 months time.

“I don’t see Alexis Sanchez signing another contract whether he stays or not.

“It is either you sell him now for what may be the going rate for Alexis Sanchez, which given what we’ve seen in this transfer window you could probably expect upwards of £60m, maybe even £70m.

“At the start of the summer we were talking about £50m for Alexis Sanchez but then Kyle Walker goes for £50m, I don’t see how those two are the same at all so you probably add another 10 or 20 on top of that.

“I don’t see how Arsenal, given their history and track record, turn their back on that regardless.”

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Arsenal ace Alexis Sanchez has been backed to move to PSG this summer

Lucas Perez has handed an official transfer request into Arsenal as he looks to leave the club this summer.

But his agent Rodrigo Fernandez Lovelle is not happy with the asking price the Gunners have set.